2022
Vital Signs: Influenza Hospitalizations and Vaccination Coverage by Race and Ethnicity—United States, 2009–10 Through 2021–22 Influenza Seasons
Black C, O’Halloran A, Hung M, Srivastav A, Lu P, Garg S, Jhung M, Fry A, Jatlaoui T, Davenport E, Burns E, Network I, Network I, Reingold A, Alden N, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson E, Ryan P, Kim S, McMahon M, Bleecker M, Spina N, Bennett N, Lung K, Sutton M, Schaffner W, Talbot H, Crossland M, Reed C, Holstein R, Ujamaa D, Cummings C. Vital Signs: Influenza Hospitalizations and Vaccination Coverage by Race and Ethnicity—United States, 2009–10 Through 2021–22 Influenza Seasons. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1366-1373. PMID: 36302226, PMCID: PMC9620569, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7143e1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza vaccination coverageBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemVaccination coverageHealth care providersInfluenza seasonInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza vaccinationAsian adultsCare providersHispanic adultsLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsDisease severityLow influenza vaccination coverageNon-Hispanic Asian adultsPersonal health care providerHealth care access barriersNon-Hispanic white personsRisk Factor Surveillance SystemInfluenza disease severityInfluenza hospitalization ratesPatient vaccination statusInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsPopulation-based surveillanceRoutine medical checkupVaccination coverage data
2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021
Acosta AM, Garg S, Pham H, Whitaker M, Anglin O, O’Halloran A, Milucky J, Patel K, Taylor C, Wortham J, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Reeg L, Kohrman A, Lynfield R, Bye E, Torres S, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Muse A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, Billing L, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Abdullah N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Ortega J, Price A, Fry AM, Hall A, Kim L, Havers FP. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2130479. PMID: 34673962, PMCID: PMC8531997, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionSevere COVID-19Age-adjusted ratesICU admissionHospital deathUnit admissionWhite personsPacific Islander personsLaboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizationsAlaska NativesCOVID-19Positive SARS-CoV-2 testCOVID-19 Associated HospitalizationsEthnic disparitiesCOVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkSARS-CoV-2 testNon-Hispanic white personsIn-Hospital DeathRate ratioCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic American IndianEthnic minority groupsNon-Hispanic blacksCensus tract socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates—COVID-NET surveillance areas in 14 states, March 1–April 30, 2020
Wortham JM, Meador SA, Hadler JL, Yousey-Hindes K, See I, Whitaker M, O’Halloran A, Milucky J, Chai SJ, Reingold A, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan PA, Kim S, Reeg L, Lynfield R, McMahon M, Sosin DM, Eisenberg N, Rowe A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, Billing LM, Shiltz J, Sutton M, West N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, McCaffrey K, Spencer M, Kambhampati AK, Anglin O, Piasecki AM, Holstein R, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Garg S, Kim L. Census tract socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates—COVID-NET surveillance areas in 14 states, March 1–April 30, 2020. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257622. PMID: 34559838, PMCID: PMC8462704, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationHigh-poverty census tractsHospitalization ratesFederal poverty levelNon-Hispanic black personsNon-Hispanic white personsHispanic personsAge-adjusted hospitalization ratesPopulation-based surveillanceLow-poverty census tractsCensus tractsPublic health practice